[Promotum] Bush fun and charitable mouse work

[Edmund A. Hintz]

First, by way of Marjorie, an interesting quote:

"...of course the people don't want war....Why should some poor slob on a
farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is
to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally the common people don't
want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that
matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders
of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter
to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist
dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship...the people can
always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you
have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the
pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It
works the same way in any country (pp. 255-256) ...Education is
dangerous...Every educated person is a future enemy"

Hermann Goering,
Reichsmarschall and Lufwaffe-Chief
President of the Reichstag during the reign of Hitler.
From Gilbert, G.M. (1947). Nuremberg diary. New York: Signet.


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And, from Sooz a reminder for the breast cancer awareness site:

This takes a few seconds, costs nothing and no forms. It's a great site.

Please tell 10 friends to tell 10 friends today! The Breast Cancer site
is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet
their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an
underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site
and click on "Fund Free Mammograms" for free (pink window in the middle).
(There is nothing to sign up for and no cost to you.) The corporate
sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate a mammogram
in exchange for advertising. Here's the website - Pass it along to all
your friends!!

http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ 

(and I add in the following link-snopes tested and approved)

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/mammo.htm

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Lastly, along similar lines, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
has a deal setup with an anonymous donor who will donate $1 for every
online bday card sent to Mr. Reeve, at the link below:

http://www.christopherreeve.org/petitions/petition.cfm?petitionID=1

Likewise snopes tested and approved (I guess it's the online version of UL):

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/reeve.htm

As snopes mentions, you can provide bogus contact info if you're
concerned about privacy issues.


Peace,

Edmund A. Hintz              **|**     "You may say I'm a dreamer,
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Mac/Unix Consultant        *  /|\  *     I hope someday you'll join us,
<ed@hintz.org>              */ | \*      And the world will live as one.
'78 Westy                    *****      Imagine."
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